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THE FOURTH PARTY. The Fourth Party. By Harold E. Gorst. (Smith, Elder, and Co. '7s. (Id. net.)—Sir John Gorst, who furnishes a preface for this volume, does not estimate highly......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of ths week us have not bulb reserved for review in other forms.] Lord Rosebery. By Samuel Henry Jeyes. (J. M. Dent and Co. 2s. 6d.......

The Cathedrals Of England And Wales.

The Cathedrals of England and Wales. By T. Francis Bumpus. Second Series. (T. Werner Laurie. 6s. net.)—Mr. Bumpus has, as we expected, found it impossible to crowd the notices......

Heimweh. By John Luther Long. (macmillan And Co. (i8.)—...

is a good deal of literary ability about Mr. Luther Long's stories. It is impossible to call them "short stories," as they are all in several chapters, and yet none of them......

For Life — And After. By George R. Sims. (chatto And Windus.

6s.)—The reader who thinks that Mr. Sims is about to give him a detailed account of the feelings of a convict condemned to a life sentence will be disappointed in this novel.......

The Drakestone. By Oliver Onions. (hurst And Blaokett....

is not often that the reviewer of fiction finds real enjoy- ment in the task of reading the novels on which judgment has to be passed. Hr. Oliver Onions's new book,. - however,......